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Ten Commandment Pots (King James Version, kitchenware)

POPE, Nicholas

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Group of ten vessel forms, raku-fired earthenware, five of them comprising two elements, each bearing the text of the one of the Ten Commandments from the King James Bible, the size of each vessel determined by the length of the text.

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Details

Collection

Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales

Item Number

NMW A 39565

Creation/Production

POPE, Nicholas

Date: 1994

Acquisition

Purchase, ass. Colwinston, donors, 4/3/2015

Purchased with assistance from The Colwinston Charitable Trust, Lord & Lady Davies of Abersoch and the New Art Centre

Measurements

Height (cm): 138

Techniques

hand-built

forming

Applied Art

glazed

decoration

Applied Art

Material

raku-fired earthenware

Location

Front Hall, West Balcony : Case and pedestals

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